Safety cut-out-plug puller.



1.1. FOWLER.

SAFETY CUT-OUT PLUG FULLER- APPLICATION FILED APR- 7| 1917 1,251,496. 7 Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Jan. 1, 191 8.

Application filed April 7, 1917'. 1 Serial No. 160,582.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOEL JACKSON Fow- LER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Athens, in the county of Clarke and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Safety Cut-()ut-Plug Puller, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a cut-out plug puller,

wherein the replacement of cut-out plugs is greatly facilitated, without danger to the workman.

One object of the invention is to permit the ready and safe withdrawal and replacement of cut-out plugs such as may be used upon live wires as carried upon poles.

The invention comprises a pair of handles that are pivotally secured together near one end, and jaws carried at the same end adapted to engage with a handle of a cut-out plug.

One particular form of the invention will be described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section.

The handles 5 and 6 may be made of any suitable material, and for the present purposes it is desired that they be made of wood which is dry and well seasoned, and painted to prevent the absorption of moisture. These handles may be of any suitable length, and may also be provided with handholds, (not shown) to permit of a more ready grasping of the handles.

Near the other end, opposite to the handhold end, there is provided a bolt 7 which passes through both of the handles 5 and 6, and also through the jaws to be hereinafter described. This bolt 7 may be of any usual type or form, and is shown as having a hexagonal head and straight body portion, and a threaded end upon which are mounted two lock nuts 8 and 9. This bolt serves the purpose of permitting a pivotal movement between the two handles.

Positioned between the two handles as a distance piece, the washer 10 may be employed, as shown.

Mounted upon each of the handles at the pivoted end are the jaws 11 and 12. Each of these jaws may also be further secured to its own handle by means of the rivets 13 and 14 as shown. These may be attached in any other approved way if so desired.

The jaw 12 is shown as being L-shaped, and its vertical end is shown as being parallel with the handle 5. The horizontal sec tion 15 extends over until its free edge is adjacent the jaw 11 upon its inner side. As will be noticed in Fig. l, the horizontal sec tion 15 of the jaw 12 is adapted to abut against a similar horizontal section 16 of the jaw 11. The line of parting as shown in this figure very clearly illustrates how the jaws are positioned in abutting engagement when the handles are brought together.

In order to facilitate the grasping and holding of the handle of a cut-out plug, a

circular opening 17 is provided and is formed so that one-half lies in the horizontal portion 15 and the corresponding horizontal portion 16. The horizontal portions 15 and 16 also serve to act as stop members to limit the movement of the handles 5 and 6 in one direction.

In practical operation it is not necessary for the lineman or workman to jeopardize his safety by climbing in among a mass of high tensioned wires to withdraw and replace a cut-out plug. With this device, by separating the handles, thereby opening the jaws 11 and 12, a workman is enabled to grasp the handle of the cut-out plug. which is passed into a circular opening 17. The handles 5 and 6 may then be brought together, and the handle of the plug will be securely held and may be readily withdrawn without danger to the workman. A new cut-out plug may be inserted in the reverse manner.

Minor changes in form, proportion and details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A cut-out plug puller comprising pivotally connected handles. jaws fixedly connected to and supported beyond one end of the handles, said jaws being extended in opposite direction respectively and adapted to meet on a line intersecting the longitudinal axis of the plug puller and parallel with the pivot or axis of ro ation of the handles. said jaws being recessed to engage the handle of a cut-out inserted between the jaws, and to hold the cut-out in line with the longitudinal axis of plug puller.

2. A cut-out plug puller comprising a pair of handles pivotally connected together, a substantially L-shaped jaw carried by each handle and rigidly secured thereto, the horizontal portions of the jaws when brought my own, I have hereto afiixed. my signature into abutting engagement adapted to interin the presence of two Witnesses. lock and are formed with a central opening Whose axis is the same as that of the handle, O JACKSON FOWLER 5 said opening being adapted to engage with Witnesses:

the handle of a cut-out plug. J. H. Moss,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as F. R. THORNTON.

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